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Under [[RHEL | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]], [[Ubuntu]], and macOS, the following command from a terminal will connect a client computer to a remote host. | Under [[RHEL | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]], [[Ubuntu]], and macOS, the following command from a terminal will connect a client computer to a remote host. | ||
<pre>sftp | <pre>sftp <username>@<hostname>.umiacs.umd.edu </pre> | ||
For Windows hosts, please refer to [[WinSCP]] which is an SFTP-compatible file transfer program. It is pre-installed on UMIACS supported Windows hosts. | For Windows hosts, please refer to [[WinSCP]] which is an SFTP-compatible file transfer program. It is pre-installed on UMIACS supported Windows hosts. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:02, 20 January 2026
SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a network protocol used to securely transfer and manage files on remote systems. SFTP is layered on top of the SSH protocol, and is preferred over FTP as a method of remote file transfer.
Warning: running interactive programs in your shell initialization files, such as starting another shell, causes SFTP to fail. See Shell on how to correctly change the shell you are using.
Connecting to an SFTP Server
Under Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, and macOS, the following command from a terminal will connect a client computer to a remote host.
sftp <username>@<hostname>.umiacs.umd.edu
For Windows hosts, please refer to WinSCP which is an SFTP-compatible file transfer program. It is pre-installed on UMIACS supported Windows hosts.
Further Information
More information about SFTP can be found at http://www.openssh.org/.